Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community For 21 Years, Volunteer Has Kept Tabs on Morro Bay’s Black Brant February 16, 2018 in General John Roser began hearing the stories shortly after he moved to Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, on the shores of Morro Bay in the mid-1990s. Tagged With: Fish and Wildlife, Arctic, Baja California, bands, bird count, birds, black brant, California, CDFW, climate change, data, eelgrass, HSU, Humboldt State University, Jeff Black, John Roser, migrate, migratory, Morro Bay, population, research, salt marsh, San Luis Obispo, sea goose, survey, volunteer, Winter Bird Festival Study of Songbirds’ Calls Provides Important Climate Insight January 19, 2018 in Wildlife Research Two avian researchers recently completed a groundbreaking study on the effects of climate change, based on the calls of California’s songbirds. By recording the sounds made by eight different songbird species, and tracking the dates they are most vocal and how frequently they sing, the scientists were able to develop a method to measure how the birds are adjusting to climate change. Tagged With: 2011, birds, birdsong, black-headed grosbeak, Brett Furnas, California, Cascades, CDFW, climate change, dark-eyed junco, ecology, fish and wildlife, hermit thrush, Hutton’s vireo, Klamath Mountains, MacGillivray’s warbler, Michael McGrann, migratory, Nashville warbler, songbirds, study, western tanager, William Jessup University, yellow warbler
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